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2 Responses to “How hard is Windsurfing to learn and which windsurfing kit is the best all rounder?”

1. Tyler

   Mountain biking won’t do anything for windsurfing, they’re COMPLETELY different

   Anyway, windsurfing was the hardest sport with the worst learning curve I’ve ever learned. Without someone telling you what you’re doing you won’t make any progress, you’ll need lessons. Don’t buy any gear over 5 years old, its changed too much and the older stuff is essentially worthless. For a starting board, you’re going to want something that displaces at least 170 Liters, I got myself an Exocet Speed Slider Next which is a great board for learning on with a 6.0, and will remain useful for years as it can support sails as big as they get (boards/fins need to be a certain size to be effective with larger sails, for what its worth with that board I planed on a 10.8 in about 7 knots of wind). You’re going to want to learn on a sail around 6 square meters in about 10 knots of wind, I would recommend a rig centered around a Sailworks Retro or something similar. And do yourself a favor and don’t go cheap, if you aren’t spending at least $1500 if you get serious you’ll end up just spending the money eventually. Be prepared to shell out most of your disposable time and income into windsurfing if you want to get into it, there’s really no “I kind of like it” gray area with this sport its all or nothing.

   August 31st, 2009 | 9:55 am
2. Kevin

   mountain biking is totally different than wind surfing and its HARD!!!

   August 31st, 2009 | 3:32 pm